Stories written by Hannah Rubenstein

Where Men Now Fear to Tread

By Hannah Rubenstein
No man, except for those raised here as children, lives in Umoja village in Kenya; one has not for two decades. It is a village only of and for women, women who have been abused, raped, and forced from their homes.

Slavery Casts a Long Shadow

By Hannah Rubenstein
Ayana rises before the sun. She bathes, dresses, and leaves the house before her daughters awake.


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